Experiment 444430

Details

PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeINTRAGASTRIC
OrganismEvolvulus alsinoides (CONVOLVULACEAE)
CitationKULKARINI,SK: VERMA,A:. (1992). EVIDENCE FOR NOOTROPIC EFFECT OF BR-16A (MENTAT), A HERBAL PSYCHOTROPIC PREPARATION, IN MICE.. 36(1)
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseEXTRACT MIXTURE DECREASED LATENCY IN PASSIVE AVOIDANCE PARADIGM AND NUMBER OF MISTAKES, THESE BEING MEASURED BY TIME TO FIND SHOCK-FREEZONE AND NUMBER OF STEPPING-DOWNS FROM THIS ZONE INTO SHOCK GRID. THESE ARE MEASURES OF ACQUISITION AND RETENTION, RESPECTIVELY. A MIXTURE OF EXTRACTS FROM THE FOLLOWING PLANTS WAS USED: CENTELLA ASIATICA, ACORUS CALAMUS, WITHANIA SOMNIFERA, TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA, PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA, EVOLVULUS ALSINOIDES, NARDOSTACHYS JATAMANSI AND VALERIANA WALLICHII.
Dose amount0.5 GM
Number1
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalMOUSE
Per unitKG
Dose expressionDOSE
ExtractTYPE EXT NOT STATED